Trials Fusion is the new title in the series that made its debut on PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One , concentrating all the legacy of 14 years of the franchise, reprising their main elements, adding new features and making it clear that despite that there are many similar titles on the market and clones of the series only one is the king of the genre.
Welcome to the future is the phrase that is repeated several times in the main theme of the game that greets you with clear and well distributed menus; that phrase gives us an idea of what to expect, a game with simple mechanics but looks great in next gen consoles. Everything is in the near future in which you not only have to take the field between land or mud to avoid obstacles and perform stunts, Trials Fusion will take you on many occasions to the heart of futuristic cities between gleaming buildings, cars, solar panels and antennas that serve as ramps and cool fonts amid the scorching sun.
You will play at different times of the day, the game surprises you with beautiful sunsets in the jungle between laboratories or dark neon tracks to be arming your way.
The level design shines not only because they serve very well to the gameplay, visually carry a great artistic design that takes us to exotic places and futuristic scenarios. Yet not everything everything shines in this aspect, some explosions and visual effects are not very well and they occur mainly some graphics bugs falling from the motorcycle.
The core mechanics for Trails Fusion are simple and takes the player through a user friendly learning system that will allow you to get to where their skills allow. it is misleading in the sense that it may seem a rather simple beginning, for what we All you have to do is accelerate and brake to reach the goal ; with the passage of the missions comes a point where only the most dedicated players can beat the levels and manage to finish the game.
Like previous titles in the series, focuses its mechanical physical objects, being the difference between achieving a platform or fall into the abyss reside in the way you control the weight of the rider on the bike with pinpoint accuracy. It will take a long time to master physics to reach the goal, and you’ll play the levels again and again to improve your times and your skills in a game that requires a lot of concentration and skill with thumbs.
I do not say discourage par, the game offers several tutorials with tips to gradually you improve your skills and practice you will be helping to overcome the challenges you’ll encounter in the game. It will also help that the controls are highly responsive, and very comfortable.
Added to the gameplay in this installment of the series is the ability to do tricks with a system called FMX , that lets you to move the right analog stick to run a series of special stunts. Although it is an interesting addition, the end is not as important and sometimes we could say that is a distraction.The beauty of the system is that Redlynx FMX well distinguished missions where it’s all about doing tricks and classic in which the objective is to reach the goal in the shortest time possible.
The campaign consists of eight worlds, each with a special theme and certain levels of difficulty. Most missions consist of reaching the finish line while competing against the clock, trying to fulfill specific times to get medals or overcome the ghosts of your friends to put you at the top of the leaderboards.There are other missions that have to overcome specific challenges that will test your skills.
Once you reach the sixth world is when the real challenge begins, and although you lose a little frantic and simple fun of the first worlds, begin the real challenges for experienced players.
To give freshness to missions not only have to overcome times in missions in each of the three levels to overcome special challenges that give much replay value, plus there are pleasant surprises like hidden areas and special minigames that activated to find secrets in the game.
Finally I can only add that it is a completely social game. ghosts are always present to motivate you to improve, there is the opportunity to participate in tournaments online and local multiplayer quite enjoy it.
In Trails Fusion we see the return of the popular level editor of the series, providing endless possibilities to users. Awaiting user generated levels reach almost 1,500 tracks, among which there are special filters that suggest you the hottest content from the community and the special selection of developers.
The level editor is very easy to use for novice users, but RedLynx has developed a special series of video tutorials that can be accessed on YouTube.
The game will continue to expand with downloadable content that will reach throughout the year , and will go on sale as part of a Season Pass or benefit of the Deluxe Edition of the game.
With all this, Trials Fusion becomes a long-term experience in the community will be responsible for providing content that will keep the experience fresh for many months.